Giulia Calenda

Writing

Giulia Calenda

Known for

Writing

Credits

27 titles

Known for

Behind the camera

There's Still Tomorrow poster
8.1

In postwar Rome, a working-class woman dreams of a better future for herself and her daughter while facing abuse at the hands of her domineering husband. When a mysterious letter arrives, she discovers the courage to change the circumstances of her life.

There's Still Tomorrow

2023

The Children's Train poster
7.4

In late 1940s Italy, a mother makes the difficult decision to send her son to the north, where he catches glimpses of a new life away from poverty.

The Children's Train

2024

The Tasters poster
6.6

In autumn 1943, in Gross-Partsch, 26-year-old Rosa, who had come from Berlin to stay with the parents of her husband Gregor, who was fighting on the Russian front, was taken by the SS to a mysterious place. Forced to taste a dish, she joins the group of tasters responsible for checking that the food destined for Hitler is not poisoned.

The Tasters

2025

Tornare poster
5.3

Cristina Comencini defines the film as a "thriller of the soul." It's the story of a woman who returns to Italy from the US to attend the funeral of her late father, an American admiral living in Naples. Here she meets a man who seems to know too many things about her.

Tornare

2019

Run to You poster
6.8

Gianni is a serial seducer but his life is destined to change when he meets Chiara, a beautiful woman who has had an accident and is paraplegic.

Run to You

2022

A Beautiful Day poster
5.8

Tommaso, a single father of four, has shut himself off from the world. When his daughters push him to start over, he meets Lara — a brilliant, captivating woman. But both carry secrets that could change everything.

A Beautiful Day

2026

Latin Lover poster
5.7

The five daughters of a famous actor, all from different mothers and different nationalities, get together on the 10th anniversary of his death for a celebration of his career.

Latin Lover

2015

Like a Cat on a Highway poster
6.5

The story of an encounter between a bourgeois man and a poor woman, because their teenage children fall in love.

Like a Cat on a Highway

2017

Don't Tell poster
6.1

Sabina has a regular life. She is satisfied with her job and her love for Franco. Lately nightmares start disturbing her, and almost in the same time she discovers to be pregnant. Step by step she remembers her childhood spent within a severe middle-class family. But a big secret is hidden within her heart. Sabina wants to contact again her brother, a University teacher in the US, to try to understand what is happened in their past. What is the secret? She is determined to bring clarity and serenity in her life. She finally manages to free herself from her "beast in the heart".

Don't Tell

2006

Do You See Me? poster
6.4

Serena Bruno is an architect who studied and got several masters in different countries of the world but she decides to go back to Italy so she can live and work there. She will soon find out that her native country is not as open minded and she will struggle to find a job that she truly loves and is passionate about. Along the way she will meet Francesco a gay man who will help and support her throughout her journey.

Do You See Me?

2014

Black and White poster
5.4

Racial integration is Elena's profession and passion, not only filling her working day as a cultural mediator assisting immigrants, but spilling over into her home life as well. All too often her husband Carlo must attend charity events where he feels distinctly out of place. During one of these evenings, Carlo meets Nadine, a beautiful black woman.

Black and White

2008

Like a Cat on a Highway 2 poster
6.1

Three years after her relationship with Giovanni, Monica is in prison and has to ask his ex for help.

Like a Cat on a Highway 2

2021

Mom or Dad? poster
5.8

A divorced couple fights for the custody of their three children: neither of them wants it. Mom wants to leave them to dad, and vice versa.

Mom or Dad?

2017

Steel poster
5.9

Here, the steel worker works on a continuous cycle, twenty-four hours a day and never stops. There, by the sea, on the island of Elba there is a paradise and the unreachable dream of happy families. In the middle, on the shores their secret beach, neither here nor there, Anna and Francesca, small but big, "thirteen years old almost fourteen", who are living their last summer of innocence before high school. The film is based on the book by Silvia Avallone.

Steel

2012

Don't Stop Me Now poster
6.3

Paola, a modern woman used to the hardships of modern life, takes her chance to make things right for herself.

Don't Stop Me Now

2019

Born for You poster
7.1

Alba has Down's Syndrome and was left in the hospital when she was born. Thirty families rejected her before the court decided to entrust her to Luca: a Catholic — and gay — single man.

Born for You

2023

Something New poster
5.7

Lucia and Maria are two best friends, who have known each other from the beginning of their life, but have very different tastes and behaviors. Lucia is done with men, Maria, on the contrary, cannot be without one. One night, the perfect man shows up in Maria's bed: handsome, sensible, mature and passionate.The next morning brings up misunderstandings and lies which make the two friends split up and take a break for themselves. Maybe that young man met by chance is really the one every woman is looking for, because with his simple theories he manages to paint the perfect picture of the two women's lives.

Something New

2016

Io sono Tempesta poster
5.8

To avoid jail, a tax-dodging businessman is sentenced to a year of community service in a homeless shelter.

Io sono Tempesta

2018

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Iside

Woman of My Life poster
5.5

Longtime Italian cinema star Stefania Sandrelli (The First Beautiful Thing) is Alba, the mother of two very different adult sons. While Giorgio is a playboy who constantly cheats on his wife, Leonardo (Luca Argentero, Eat Pray Love) is always unlucky in love. When Leonardo finally meets the woman of his dreams, Sara, he brings her home to meet the family, but it appears this is not the first time that Sara has met Giorgio. Directed by Luca Lucini and stars Luca Argentero, Alessandro Gassman and Stefania Sandrelli.

Woman of My Life

2010

Just a Father poster
6.7

Carlo is a doctor that has recently lost his wife. Affected by the loss, he is supported by his family and friends, and, above all, for the love he feels towards his little daughter. And then, one day, he meets Camille.

Just a Father

2008

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Finché dura

Petra - Il Silenzio dei Chiostri poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Petra - Il Silenzio dei Chiostri

2025

The Choice poster
5.4

A childless couple struggle in the aftermath of a sexual assault leaves the woman pregnant.

The Choice

2015

A Special Day poster
6.0

Gina and Marco are living in the suburbs of Rome. The two meet on a very special day: their first day at work. They have a future that awaits them and really seems at hand. Gina is about to realize her dream of becoming an actress, while Marco for the first time has found an opportunity that allows him to start dreaming: a job in a car rental company as a driver. They are enabled to know each other since his first duty is to drive Gina to an appointment, and given a delay, they have to share the whole day. This journey will take them from the periphery to the center of the city, will serve both to compare their experiences and think about a future that has already begun...

A Special Day

2012

Petra - Gli Onori di Casa poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Petra - Gli Onori di Casa

2025

No artwork available
7.5

No synopsis available yet.

Petra - Riti di Morte

2020